Stephen Costello - Web, Print & Graphic Design - Belfast, Northern Ireland » Design

New Look

Stephen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:23:15 +0000

As you may have noticed this week I updated the layout stephencostello [dot] com. The new style is a lot cleaner, simpler, and less cluttered than previous versions. In recent years I’ve spent a lot of time wrestling with how this site should look. Many times I’ve tried to make it busy, informative and colourful but here’s the funny thing that isn’t me. Looking at my work you quickly realise I’m into clean cut, shape edges, and minimalism, so why was I trying to do the exact opposite with my own site? Who knows! Thankfully however I have returned to my roots and created a simple, clean and striped down portfolio site.

Enjoy

Album Cover Game

Stephen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:19 +0000

A friend sent me the follow message on facebook last week. I followed the instructions and posted my album artwork below… give it a go and post your artwork!

1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 – Go to “Random quotations” or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 – Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 – Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

Re:Design

Stephen — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:43:38 +0000

Ok if you’ve been here recently you’ll notice quite a lot of changes. I’ve updated the out of my blog dramically over the last week to a more simple and stylish theme. All your feedback is welcome, please feel free to speak your mind.

Have a good one.

Best Photos of 2008

Stephen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:56:19 +0000

Check out the links below for some of the best images of 2008! Be warned some images contain blood…

Best of 2008 – Part 1

Best of 2008 – Part 2

Best of 2008 – Part 3

Design Work – November 08

Stephen — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:56:49 +0000

Here’s a few bits and bobs I have designed over the last few weeks in work.